Adjustable template for textile finishing apparatus
AssigneePhoenix Automation, Inc.
InventorsParks C. Stewart, Robert A. Trobaugh, III
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Abstract
An adjustable template for maneuvering a textile product. The template includes a template base with several template shoes movably mounted along the sides of the base. The position of the template shoes with respect to the template base is adjusted in response to the detection of the length and the width of the textile product such that when the template is positioned on the product, each template shoe is positioned at a predetermined distance from a lateral edge of the textile product.
Claims21
In combination with a means for detecting the length and width of a textile product with lateral edges, an adjustable template for maneuvering the textile product along a predetermined path, wherein said detecting means is positioned along said predetermined path and said template is mounted for movement along said path;
- said template comprising a template base with lateral sides and a plurality of template shoes movably mounted along said lateral sides of said template base;
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- means for adjusting the position of said template shoes with respect to said template base in response to said detection of said length and said width of said textile product such that when said template is positioned on said textile product, said template shoes are positioned a predetermined distance from said lateral edges of said textile product.
An adjustable template for maneuvering a textile product having lateral edges along a predetermined path, comprising:
- a template base positioned along said predetermined path;
- a plurality of adjustable arms slidably attached to said template base, at least two of said adjustable arms forming a set of opposing arms;
- a plurality of template shoes, one of said template shoes mounted on each said adjustable arm of said set of opposing arms;
- each said adjustable arm of said set of opposing arms connected by a linkage mechanism;
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- drive means powering said linkage mechanism such that each adjustable arm of said set of opposing arms is maneuvered in tandem with one another to position said template shoes with respect to said template base.
A method for adjusting a template according to the size of a textile product, comprising the steps of:
- providing a template comprising a plurality of adjustable template shoes slidably attached to a template base;
- detecting the length and width of said textile product;
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- adjusting the position of said template shoes with respect to said template base according to said detection of said length and width of said textile product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.